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kkrell wrote:And if Mariah Carey had her way, then Squirrel would have 16.
What do you mean here?
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3,3,2,2,1,1

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How many in comfortable? - 4
How many in iron? - 2
How many in mire? - 2
How many in squirrel? -2
How many in whirl? -1
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temperature- I don't know
comfortable- I don't know
iron- Two
mire- Two (same pronunciation, I think, as Meyer)
squirrel- Two
whirl- Two
mutepointe wrote:3,4,1,1,1,1

I grew up in Pennsylvania and live in West Virginia. I have to say that even the locals would probably have a dickens of a time understanding each other say "whirl." That could be "we'll", "world," "where will" "where we'll" or maybe even some guy named "W. Earl."
Here, whirl differs from world in that the former is pronounced "hwurl" and the latter as "wurl."
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I'm with Diane (sbfluter), except my temperature is tem-pra-chure. Background is suburban New York City.
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kkrell wrote:And if Mariah Carey had her way, then Squirrel would have 16.
What do you mean here?
He means that her melismatic singing style can turn any syllable into many multiples.
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temperature? - 3 - tem-pa-cher or tem-per-cher
comfortable? - 3 - comf-ta-ble
iron? - 1
mire? - 1
squirrel? - 1
whirl? -1

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kkrell wrote:And if Mariah Carey had her way, then Squirrel would have 16.
What do you mean here?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melisma
Popular artists famous for melisma include Shakira, Christina Aguilera, Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston.
Guess that doesn't really make them syllables, but it treats them as such.
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Varies:

Temperature: When with family and reverted to my Texan accent, 3. In professional settings 4. (hereafter notated as 3/4 etc)
Comfortable: 3/4
Iron: 1/2
Mire: 1/1
Squirrel: 2/2
whirl: (don't really use this one much) 1/1

And now for my own question: who else pronounces the "h" in whisky/when/where etc?
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Temperature has four syllables. How can there be disagreement! It has nothing to do with accent and everything to do with just pronouncing what's there. Comfortable has four. Iron has two. In the eyes of many BBC newsreaders, deteriorate is reduced from five to four ("deteriate") and secretary is reduced from four to three ("seckertry").
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SteveShaw wrote:("seckertry")
I've heard lots of Appalachians say seckertree and libree (library) and militree, etc...
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Jack wrote:
SteveShaw wrote:("seckertry")
I've heard lots of Appalachians say seckertree and libree (library) and militree, etc...
Oh, I know. Liebry. Wensdy. Febry. Pryminister. Lawn order. Morl curge. Yurpeens. Merkins. Prelimery. Let's face it, we hate syllables and we'll do our damnedest to eliminate as many as possible. It's different with whole words though. They must proliferate as much as is even remotely humanly possible at this particular moment in time.
"Last night, among his fellow roughs,
He jested, quaff'd and swore."

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French is losing all the last syllables on words.
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As you normally hear it said,
Okay, trying to answer as I hear it said, not as I say it. :-) (I'm a transplant from California to Virginia via NJ, if that matters!)

How many syllables are in temperature? 3
How many in comfortable? 3
How many in iron? 1 (tempted to say two but I just think it's a long diphthong)
How many in mire? 2
How many in squirrel? 1
How many in whirl? 1
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Welcome, Kika. How many syllables has "ion" then?
"Last night, among his fellow roughs,
He jested, quaff'd and swore."

They cut me down and I leapt up high
I am the life that'll never, never die.
I'll live in you if you'll live in me -
I am the lord of the dance, said he!
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